Trophies of Victory : Public Building in Periklean Athens /

The Greek military victories at Marathon, Salamis, and Plataia during the Persian Wars profoundly shaped fifth-century politics and culture. By long tradition, the victors commemorated their deliverance by dedicating thank-offerings in the sanctuaries of their gods, and the Athenians erected no fewe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shear, Theodore Leslie, 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Architecture > Greece > Athens.
Monuments > Greece > Athens.
Public works > Greece > Athens.
Athens (Greece) > History
Athens (Greece) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The development of the Periklean program
  • 3. The builders of the Parthenon
  • 4. The Parthenon
  • 5. The Hephaisteion
  • 6. The Telesterion at Eleusis
  • 7. The Odeion
  • 8. Temples in the countryside
  • 9. The Propylaia
  • 10. Two ionic temples
  • 11. The Periklean legacy.

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